Now the Lord said to Abram:
"Get out of your country,
From your family,
And from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing,
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
(12:1)
Abram was 75 when the Lord made him pick up all his belongings and lumber to a new place he had never seen before. He grabbed his wife and his nephew and all the people of his household and caravaned to Canaan. Sounds so easy on paper. We read a few lines in black and white and Abram's whole life changes. Man, He must have had his ears wide open to be able to hear the Lord so clearly about this. His willingness to concede, to pack it all in, and to travel shows how completely he trusted that the Lord would do what He said He would do: bless Abram. Believing a promise like that, how could Abram resist?
It wasn't an easy journey, either. They were forced to slide over to Egypt because there was famine in the land they were traveling through. So they must have been hungry, or thirsty if the famine was due to drought. Then there was the whole sister/ wife Pharaoh thing. That can't have been easy for anyone (especially Sarai). But the Lord worked it all out and not only got those kids out of a tough spot, but he blessed them with bounty as a result of it. Nice.
Honestly, it's hard to move. It's hard to move to a new home, or a new job, or a new place, or a new church. It's hard. When the Lord calls me out, I want to hear His voice so clearly so I know I am doing the right thing- that He is the one doing the calling. I want so badly to trust Him not only at the beginning, but in the middle when it's hard and I'm discouraged and I have to make detours and stops and I'm feeling starved... and I want to trust Him at the end when it's all over. I want to stop along the way to memorialize what He did and how good God is and how faithful, just like Abram did. I want to continually continually continually believe that He will bless my family for our obedience, for our faith, for our perseverance. For moving when He says to move. Move.
"Get out of your country,
From your family,
And from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing,
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
(12:1)
Abram was 75 when the Lord made him pick up all his belongings and lumber to a new place he had never seen before. He grabbed his wife and his nephew and all the people of his household and caravaned to Canaan. Sounds so easy on paper. We read a few lines in black and white and Abram's whole life changes. Man, He must have had his ears wide open to be able to hear the Lord so clearly about this. His willingness to concede, to pack it all in, and to travel shows how completely he trusted that the Lord would do what He said He would do: bless Abram. Believing a promise like that, how could Abram resist?
It wasn't an easy journey, either. They were forced to slide over to Egypt because there was famine in the land they were traveling through. So they must have been hungry, or thirsty if the famine was due to drought. Then there was the whole sister/ wife Pharaoh thing. That can't have been easy for anyone (especially Sarai). But the Lord worked it all out and not only got those kids out of a tough spot, but he blessed them with bounty as a result of it. Nice.
Honestly, it's hard to move. It's hard to move to a new home, or a new job, or a new place, or a new church. It's hard. When the Lord calls me out, I want to hear His voice so clearly so I know I am doing the right thing- that He is the one doing the calling. I want so badly to trust Him not only at the beginning, but in the middle when it's hard and I'm discouraged and I have to make detours and stops and I'm feeling starved... and I want to trust Him at the end when it's all over. I want to stop along the way to memorialize what He did and how good God is and how faithful, just like Abram did. I want to continually continually continually believe that He will bless my family for our obedience, for our faith, for our perseverance. For moving when He says to move. Move.
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